Product Stewardship

We take a holistic approach to product stewardship. We identify and action opportunities to reduce the environmental and social impact of our products, throughout the product lifecycle, from concept to disposal.

REDUCING PLASTIC WASTE

Water filtration products allow customers to “bottle their own” drinking water, which drastically reduces their plastic waste compared to single-use plastic water bottles.

One Aquasana AQ-5200 under counter water filter lasts six months and can avoid the use of 3,700 16.9-ounce plastic water bottles. 3.7k

DESIGN FOR REDUCED IMPACT

The “packed bed technology” we use in our Hague water treatment systems (representing over 25% of total North America Water Treatment FY 2019 net sales), eliminates dead space inside the softener tank and produces three critical resource-saving advantages:

Many of our water filtration products are designed to use water pressure as their energy source, thus reducing energy use.

Optimizing the use of paint and foam in our water heating products in ways that reduce overall use in 2019 and 2020 as seen to the right.

20–30%

shorter than traditional water softeners by design, reducing material use

30%

less water use

More efficient

salt consumption

RAW MATERIALS

We balance environmental stewardship in the areas of recyclability and end-of-life disposal in our material purchasing decisions without compromising product efficacy.

• Our water heaters and boilers, which are made of steel, are nearly 100 percent recyclable

• We have worked with our suppliers on innovative ways to use and procure steel—our single largest material purchase—that meets our product standards while also reducing the associated environmental impacts from the production and transport of the material. The steel we procure in our North America water heater business is composed of 55% recycled materials

PRODUCT MATERIAL REDUCTION

Juárez, Chihuahua

20% Reduction in Annual Paint Use

5% Reduction in

Annual Foam Use

Johnson City, Tennessee

12% Reduction in Annual Paint Use

2.5% Reduction in Annual Foam Use